Analysis
HTS 2909.60.10 covers products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI under heading 2909 (ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol- phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.7% to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2909.60.50 (alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides…) at 3.7%, a difference of 1.8 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 5.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (55th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $550 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The other lines in the same group are 2909.60.20 (aromatic: other, 5.5%) and 2909.60.50 (alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal…, 3.7%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2909.60.20 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2909.60.50 | Alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: other | 3.7% |